Stad or Stadlandet is a peninsula in the municipality of Selje in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.
The name is sometimes also written as Stadt, Statt or Stadlandet–not to be confused with the similar German word Stadt. The d in Stad is pronounced in Norwegian as a t. The Stad peninsula has a very harsh, windy climate. The highest wind speed in the country is often recorded at this promontory. Located between Stavanger and Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal county, this is the only peninsula on the mainland that goes out into open sea. Most of the rest of the ship route from Stavanger to Ålesund is protected by islands. The Svinøy lighthouse is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of the peninsula on a small island in the Norwegian Sea.
The peninsula is considered the dividing point between the Norwegian Sea to the north and the North Sea to the south. The peninsula is a 500-metre (1,600 ft) high mountain plateau topped by the 645-metre (2,116 ft) tall Tarvaldsegga peak. There are several lower valley on the peninsula, but at the western end, the plateau plunges into the sea in a 497 metres (1,631 ft) tall cliff at Kjerringa.[1]
Because of the harsh climate, the peninsula can be an obstacle for ship transport along the coast of Norway. It is one of the main obstacles preventing a fast-boat passenger route from Bergen to Ålesund. Current transportation Bergen-Ålesund is by air over Oslo, or by bus (9 hours) or Hurtigruten boats (13 hours).
Already in the 1870s there were plans for the construction of a ship's tunnel. A pilot project was developed in 1985, and the development company founded the same year. Plans are currently well underway to build the Stad Ship Tunnel at the narrowest point connecting the Moldefjorden to the Kjødspollen with capacity to take large ships such as the Hurtigruten vessels. [2] [3]
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The sea at Indre Fure, in the Stad peninsula
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View of the cliffs at the end of Stad
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View of Fure in the distance
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Årvik
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Indre Fure
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Honningsvåg
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Hoddevik
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References [link]
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Stad" (in Norwegian). https://www.snl.no/Stad. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
- ^ Kystverket. "Utredning av Stad skipstunnel" (in Norwegian). https://www.kystverket.no/default.aspx?did=9538958. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
- ^ Konferanse om Stad Skipstunnel I Ålesund 4. Februar 2011 (Stad Skipstunnel)
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Stadt (Winterthur)
Stadt is a district in the Swiss city of Winterthur. It is district number 1, thus mainly comprising the original city.
The district comprises the quarters Altstadt, Lind, Heiligberg, Tössfeld, Brühlberg and Neuwiesen.
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Coordinates: 47°29′56″N 8°43′44″E / 47.499°N 8.729°E
